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Westport train death not suspicious

Train death ‘not suspicious’ Edwin McGreal THE man found dead on a train at Westport Station yesterday afternoon (Monday) is not believed to have died under suspicious circumstances. Gardaí are not looking for anyone else in connection with the ...

25 May 2009 at 20:33

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Early Bird catches the passengers

Early Bird catches the Mayo passengers Áine Ryan DESPITE initial teething problems, Westport’s new Early Bird train service to Heuston Station, Dublin, is running smoothly. Flooding on the line on Monday, November 30 last, meant that first ...

08 Dec 2009 at 10:28

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Is it an early bird, is it an early train?

Is it a bird, is it a train? Passengers on the inaugural early bird train service from Westport to Dublin could have been forgiven for rubbing their eyes in disbelief yesterday (Monday) morning. There had been much speculation about ...

30 Nov 2009 at 20:08

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IarnrÃ³d Ã‰ireann criticised for lack of consultation

Iarnród Éireann criticised for lack of consultation with Straide community Michael Duffy COUNCILLORS did not hold back at yesterday’s (Monday’s) meeting of Mayo County Council when criticising Iarnrod Éireann and their apparent ...

09 Mar 2009 at 23:56

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Campaigners confident Western Rail Corridor will come to Mayo

Campaigners confident WRC will come to Mayo in near future Michael Commins IF Johnny Cash was still around, he could well have launched into “I hear that train a comin” yesterday. For all associated with the West on Track ...

30 Mar 2010 at 06:15

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Minister to address rail conference

Minister to address Western Rail and Development conference Anton McNulty THE Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey (pictured) will give the keynote address at the West on Track/Western Development Commission conference ...

28 Apr 2009 at 11:25

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‘Address unmanned rail crossings issue’ – IFA Iarnród Éireann called on to upgrade rural rail crossings after Straide tragedy Áine Ryan THE Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has called on Iarnród Éireann to address ...

04 Mar 2008 at 10:23

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Western Rail Corridor ‘a half-forgotten daydream’ for government parties, says Lawless

MAYO’s newly-elected Aontú TD Paul Lawless has accused the government of treating the Western Rail Corridor as ‘a half-forgotten daydream’. Deputy Paul Lawless was commenting after the project to reopen the ...

19 Jan 2025 at 15:00

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The Western Rail Corridor

“Was the An Bord Snip recommendation not to complete the Western Rail Corridor an expression of ‘the tyranny of superior knowledge’ to which most people must submit without serious questioning?” Micheál ...

14 Sept 2009 at 19:19

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Corridor of power

Waiting in hope Colman Ó Raghallaigh and Martin Cunniffe, West on Track, Sal Higgins, retired gatekeeper, Martin Loughnane, retired train driver and Tommy Whelan, retired signalman on the old railway ...

29 Mar 2007 at 12:42

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Intercity fleet on display

DISPLAY The new train, which rolled into Claremorris on Saturday last. Pic: Keith Heneghan/Phocus Intercity fleet on display in Claremorris Austin Garvin MAYO residents have been given a sneak ...

11 Mar 2008 at 11:56

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Rail work under way

Rail work under way Michael Commins The biggest reclamation project in the history of the Claremorris to Collooney railway line is currently under way. Massive clearance work involving the ...

14 Nov 2006 at 09:48

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